Gordon, who has not won a race this season, posted a speed of 175.097 mph in his Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet during the 90-minute session Friday afternoon on the 1.5-mile oval, which was added to the Cup schedule last year and is playing host to just its second Cup race.

Following Gordon in the final practice was Brad Keselowski, who was in a backup car after hitting the wall and making contact with Juan Pablo Montoya in the first practice session Friday. Keselowski bumped Montoya after the incident and went to the NASCAR hauler after practice to talk to NASCAR officials about it.

Greg Biffle, AJ Allmendinger, Carl Edwards and Casey Mears were third through sixth in the final practice.

Hendrick’s Dale Earnhardt Jr. was seventh, followed by Denny Hamlin, Kyle Busch and David Stremme.

In the first 60-minute practice session, Busch, who won the inaugural Cup race last year, paced the field with a lap of 177.801 mph as teams worked on both qualifying and race setups in the two practice sessions.

Qualifying for the Quaker State 400 is scheduled for 5:10 p.m. Eastern on Friday. The race is scheduled for 7:30 p.m. Saturday.